“The ABCs of Death” is an unusual experiment in omnibus filmmaking, but
its uniqueness doesn’t wash away its persistent unpleasantness. Looking
to shock, tickle, and horrify its audience, the production bends over
backward to be the vilest movie of 2013, and it succeeds in many cases.
However, being unrepentantly ugly isn’t enough to support two hours of
twisted entertainment, and while there is a handful of highlights to
hold out hope that the feature may be coming to its senses, the majority
of the effort is either deathly dull, superhumanly moronic, or just
plain angry for reasons best communicated to a therapist. If “The ABCs
of Death” doesn’t put you to sleep, it’ll have you repeatedly lunging
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